The Murmur of Moss is an original instrumental piece very loosely partially inspired by parts of the soundtrack of Riven (1997).

For example, the background soundscape (the ambience) has several sounds that are reminiscent of some of the ambience of Riven. I was happy to discover those sounds in one of the instruments I bought (Forest Kingdom) and that is part of what inspired me to make the piece. However, as I composed the piece the melody naturally drifted towards a cheerful and whimsical sound that sort of partially overlaps modestly with the kind of bright and playful music you'd hear in a JRPG or something vaguely like that perhaps. Thus, the music ends up sounding a bit like "Riven... the JRPG" to me personally.

I was happy with the outcome serendipitously, though I originally intended this piece to be more contemplative and "darker".

The primary musical instruments used for the melody in the music composition are a kalimba and an ocarina.

The background atmosphere (the ambience or soundscape) is woven from a combination of a rain stick, wooden wind chimes, and various otherworldly (but soothing) swamp creature sounds.

The instrument and sound library plugin (VST) I used for the above was Forest Kingdom 3 (by Eduardo Tarilonte), which I own a paid copy of. The final audio was rendered into MP3 via FL Studio.

I hope that it makes your day at least a bit better! Thanks for listening and for reading my ramblings!